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Meru strikes Sh20b deal for wind power generation

Youth Enterprise Development Fund Director Lucia Karimi (writing) with a client during the Meru Investment and Development Forum at Kenya Methodist University in Meru County yesterday. Left: A Philips Kenya official explains to a potential client how the gadget works. [PHOTOS: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

Meru County has struck a deal with two corporates that could see the county get two wind farms generating 440 megawatt of electricity once completed.

The main wind farm will be be set up jointly with the Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen) in Tigania West near the Isiolo International Airport.

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